Corporations Commissioner Announces Filing of Application by Vista Behavioral Health Plans to Convert From a Nonprofit to For-Profit Health Plan.LOS ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 11, 1997--Commissioner of Corporations Keith Paul Bishop You may also be looking for Paul Bishop (actor) Paul Bishop is an author. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He worked on the Los Angeles Police Department before becoming a writer. Thursday announced that on Aug. 15, 1997, Vista Behavioral Health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or Plans filed with the Department of Corporations an application seeking approval of the commissioner of corporations to convert the health plan from a nonprofit mutual- benefit corporation to a for-profit corporation A for-profit corporation is a corporation that is intended to operate a business which will return a profit to the owners. A for-profit corporation, depending on the jurisdiction to which it is incorporated, may be operated either as a stock corporation or as a non-stock and approval for the purchase of Vista Behavioral Health Plans by Green Spring Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract Inc. Vista Behavioral Health Plans is a health-care service plan licensed and regulated by the Department of Corporations pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, as amended. Vista Behavioral Health Plans currently is licensed to do business in the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden areas. Prior to ruling on the application, the commissioner of corporations will solicit public comments in written form and hold at least one public hearing concerning Vista Behavioral Health Plans' proposal to comply with the statutory requirements governing applications for conversion of nonprofit health-care service plans to for-profit health-care service plans. The application, filed as a Notice of Material Modification to Vista Behavioral Health Plans' license, is available for public viewing at the San Diego (619/525-4233), San Francisco (415/557-3738), Sacramento (916/445-7205) and Los Angeles (213/735-2741) offices of the Department of Corporations. To make arrangements to view the application, contact the department's nearest office. The department is a regulatory and licensing agency that reports to the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and to Gov. Pete Wilson. CONTACT: State of California Department of Corporations Gary Hagen, 213/736-2776 213/736-3588 (fax) Warren Barnes, 916/324-9029 916/327-6352 (fax) |
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